kunxin-chor / dwad22-express

How to create a new nodejs application

1. Create a new folder or directory for the application

2. cd into that directory

3. Enter npm init and press the ENTER key until you see your prompt again Or npm init -y

4. Add the express package by: yarn add express (make sure that the prompt is in the project directory -- the directory for your node application) or npm install express

• Other dependecies will be: hbs and wax-on

4b. To install yarn, you just type npm install -g yarn

5. Don't modify any files in the node_modules folder and also make sure it don't go up to .github

6. Creating a .gitignore file

7. Install node monitor so that we don't have to keep restarting our server. In the terminal, type in: npm install -g nodemon

If using MacOS, you have to write sudo npm install -g nodemon

8. In the terminal (after making sure that the project folder is correct), we will install hbs (handlebars) with

yarn add hbs

9. Create a folder name views and that will store all our template files (view files)